I cannot believe I'm writing this, with just a little under seven hours before history is made. I know I've been somewhat overly hyperbolic in my opinions sometimes but in this instance, it's justified
Tonight at Woodrow Wilson High School, my alma mater Garfield High School, the school made famous by the movie "Stand and Deliver," will face off against their traditional rivals, Roosevelt High in a first-round match-up in the LA City Section's Invitational Bracket of the 2007 Playoffs.
This is a really big deal or a number of reasons. First of all, two weeks ago, Roosevelt and Garfield met for the 82nd edition of the East Los Angeles Classic, where Roughriders knocked off the Bulldogs, 23-15.
Now, two weeks-rather than a year-later, it's payback time for the Bulldogs. Tonight, they face the Roughriders in the first round of the playoffs. But there's something else about this rematch, it wouldn't have happened were it not for another school's inaction.
Garfield was originally supposed to play Jefferson in the fist round of the playoffs, but the Democrats (please no Nancy Pelosi jokes, Joe Liebermen jokes are acceptable) failed to exchange game film by a 1pm deadline last Saturday, and under the rules of the Disrict, Jeferson was ejected from the playoffs and Roosevelt was put in their place.
So there you have a first-ever rematch between two schools with such a storied tradition meting for the first time in the playoffs. This is going to be one for the ages, people.
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